🔴 Live: after Navalny's death, the EU holds "the Russian regime" "solely responsible"

The essentials of the day

• Russian opponent Alexeï Navalny died on Friday February 16 in the Arctic prison where he was serving a 19-year prison sentence for "extremism", announced the prison services (FSIN). 

• “Prisoner Navalny AA felt unwell after a walk (...) the causes of death are being established,” the prison services said. “All necessary resuscitation measures were carried out but did not produce a positive result. Emergency doctors pronounced the patient dead.”

• International reactions have multiplied since the announcement of the unexpected death of the Kremlin's number 1 adversary: ​​the EU, NATO, the United States, France have expressed their condolences, their sadness, even of their indignation. 

With AFP

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